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The officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have arrested a money laundering suspect, Abubakar Sale, recovering 54 ATM cards from him.
The Area Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service in Kano, S.P Umar on Wednesday handed over the suspect to the Head of Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mualledi Farouq Dogondaji, for further investigation and possible prosecution.
According to a statement by the EFCC, the Customs officers at the Mallam Aminu Kano Airport nabbed the suspect while he was attempting to board an Ethiopian Air plane to Turkey.
During the arrest, 54 ATM cards from different banks, all bearing various names, were recovered from him.
Head of the commission’s zonal office in Maiduguri, Onwukwe Obiora called for the army to work with EFCC to fight money laundering and terror financing in the north east.
Both sides met on Thursday during a visit to the theatre command of Operation Hadin Ka in Maiduguri.
”In carrying out our mandate the Commission ensures that movement of cash by Non-Governmental Organisations across the local governments in Borno, Yobe and some part of Adamawa states must be approved by the Zonal Office,” Obiora said during talks.
”The Theatre Command is a very critical stakeholder in the fight against corruption and the role it plays is enormous.
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday declared that movement of funds by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) operating in the North-east must be approved by it.
The commission also sought the collaboration of the Nigerian Army to end terrorism in the North-east by halting terror-financing and money laundering in the North-east.
Some NGOs in the region have been suspected of involvement in terror-financing.
Some were said to have paid for a 10-year hotel accommodation making it difficult for travellers to find accommodation in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Former Acting Chairman of EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, had raised the alarm that some NGOs had 50 bank accounts and sought the cooperation of banks to arrest the situation by providing the necessary information.
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